Plum

#b897cb

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for plum, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Plum falls in the purple range, mid and soft. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #b897cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b897cb

RGB184, 151, 203

HSL278, 33%, 69%

HSV278, 26%, 80%

CMYK9%, 26%, 0%, 20%

Lab67.0, 21.9, -22.11

XYZ41.61, 36.64, 61.38

Decimal12097483

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2567 C

Shades of plum

#a981c0 #9b6cb5 #8c56ab #7a4b96 #694080 #57356b #462b55 #342040 #22152a #110a14

Tints of plum

#bea0d0 #c5a9d4 #cbb3d9 #d1bcdd #d7c5e2 #decee7 #e4d7eb #eae1f0 #f1eaf4 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#aacb97 Analogous#9e97cb Analogous#cb97c4 Triadic#cbb897 Triadic#97cbb8 Split complementary#c4cb97 Split complementary#97cb9e

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 9, 26, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b897cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 26 0 20

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 28 4 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #b897cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b897cb; }
.text { color: #b897cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b897cb; }

How plum looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Plum and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b897cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b897cb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Plum on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b897cb sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around plum? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn plum into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b897cb and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from plum, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #b897cb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.